It’s not as if you can’t do what you want with a Fairphone.
Here’s my current take …
I try to walk a line between de-Google-ing the phone while keeping the basic Google Mobile Services (GMS, for OTA updates of the OS and some Play Store Apps I still have as APKs for installing) and the Play Store itself (for updates of remaining Google components) from breaking, even if I try not to use my Google account for now.
I’m not a big fan of installing downloaded APKs from some website without an automatic update possibility which stores like e.g. F-Droid prov…
If you’re in for some tinkering and perhaps inconvenience, there are Custom ROMs already …
Generic System Image is an efficient way to have a custom ROM on the new phones. It works thanks to the Project Treble . It makes possible to flash a generic image on the system keeping the hardware relative part intact. (Which also leaves some unwanted app)
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